Oral History in Ukraine: people, topics, facts

Abstract

This article is about the situation in Ukraine, which allowed oral history to develop unrestrainedly in the post-Soviet period. The author distinguishes and analyses the development stages of this research approach and defines its distinctive features. Considerable attention is also paid to the analysis of numerous methodological strategies that were used by Ukrainian researchers to write papers based on oral history . The author also mentions numerous national and international projects organised by, or carried out with the participation of Ukrainian researchers. Furthermore, the research subjects undertaken by Ukrainian researchers have been ranked in order of priority. An institutional status is also described, along with the main trends and tendencies in the development of this research approach in Ukraine, which is also shown.

Keywords

• oral history
• post-soviet ukrainne
• methodology
• research projects